Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 144 · 40 questions

Artist's tip (White up, black down): Tint = colour + white (lighter): pink, sky blue, light green, lilac, pale yellow. Shade = colour + black (darker): maroon, navy blue, dark green, bottle green, dark purple. Tone = colour + grey. Mixing a tint, start with white and add colour a little at a time; a row from white to black is a value scale.

1. 1.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark green (b) dark purple (c) light blue (d) dark red
2. 2.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark green (b) maroon (c) bottle green (d) light blue
3. 3.🎨 Is light blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
4. 4.True or false: you should add white to blue to make navy blue. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) maroon (b) pink
6. 6.🎨 Is dark green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
7. 7.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) tone (b) tint (c) shade
8. 8.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) value scale (b) palette (c) horizon line (d) colour wheel
9. 9.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour darker? (a) black (b) white
10. 10.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make sky blue? (a) white (b) black
11. 11.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make navy blue? (a) black (b) white
12. 12.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pink (b) maroon (c) lilac (d) light blue
13. 13.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) maroon (b) dark green (c) pink (d) dark red
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sky blue (b) bottle green (c) pale yellow (d) pink
15. 15.True or false: you should add white to red to make pink. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.True or false: you should add white to make a tint. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a tint? (a) black (b) white
18. 18.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark green (b) lilac (c) dark purple (d) dark red
19. 19.Which is darker: sky blue or navy blue? (a) sky blue (b) navy blue
20. 20.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) bottle green (b) sky blue (c) navy blue (d) dark purple
21. 21.True or false: you should add white to make a shade. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sky blue (b) pale yellow (c) maroon (d) lilac
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) bottle green (b) maroon (c) dark purple (d) pale yellow
24. 24.True or false: you should add white to green to make bottle green. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.🎨 Is bottle green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
26. 26.True or false: you should add black to green to make bottle green. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light green (b) dark red (c) navy blue (d) bottle green
28. 28.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) bottle green (b) dark red (c) light green (d) dark purple
29. 29.🎨 Is dark purple a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
30. 30.True or false: you should add black to red to make maroon. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.True or false: bottle green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
32. 32.True or false: pink is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
33. 33.🎨 Is dark red a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
34. 34.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pale yellow (b) light green (c) dark green (d) lilac
35. 35.When mixing a tint, what should you add to what? (a) black to colour (b) a little colour to white (c) white to black (d) water to black
36. 36.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) pale yellow (b) navy blue (c) bottle green (d) maroon
37. 37.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) lilac (b) navy blue (c) light blue (d) sky blue
38. 38.🎨 Is pink a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
39. 39.🎨 Is navy blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
40. 40.True or false: you should add black to make a tint. (a) True (b) False

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